Robertson Davis is a major Canadian writer, a master of plot intricacies and riddles, one of the best storytellers in English-language literature. He was shortlisted for the Booker, and at the end of his life he almost received the Nobel Prize, but, even remaining forever among the candidates, he won the status of a world classic. His “The Fifth Character” was considered the beginning of the “Canadian breakthrough” in world literature; John Fowles himself described this novel as “one of those rare books that would not have done any harm if it had been more authentic.” The follow-up to The Fifth Character, Manticore, was awarded Canada's top literary award, the Governor General's Award. "World of Wonders" - the final novel of the "Deptford Trilogy" - is the autobiography of the magician and wizard Magnus Eisengrim, the story of his rise from the abyss of humiliation to the heights of worldwide fame. So, under one cover - the entire "Deptford Trilogy". This is a chronicle of several lives, with a detective plot as a background, this is a book about the friendship and enmity of people who have known each other since childhood, about the secret that tied their destinies in a tight knot; The first will become a millionaire and politician, the second - a world-famous magician, the third - a historian and hagiographer. One of them is destined to die under mysterious circumstances, the other two are destined to solve the riddle.

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